Arrington: ‘Demo needs to die’ — TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington, in discussing the decision to place TechCrunch 50 at the same time as DemoFall said, ‘Demo needs to die.’ — The scheduling of the TechCrunch 50 conference, which was announced Wednesday, has pit it directly against DemoFall …

Imitation Is Flattery? Or Just Bad for Entrepreneurs? — There are a dozen other, perhaps more important and insightful, posts I'd rather be writing today. But, alas, my friends at TechCrunch put a wall in my path today and I just can't ignore it, despite counsel from perhaps wiser advisers to do just that.

Apple passes Wal-Mart, now #1 music retailer in US — Over the past few years, we have watched Apple climb the music sales chart courtesy of the iTunes. Last month we learned that Apple passed Best Buy to become the number two retailer in the the US. Now, Apple has ascended to the top of the charts …

Sony Intros Tiniest HD Video Camera Ever — Sony has introduced the HDR-TG1 Handycam, a midget-sized (dwarf, if you've seen In Bruges) high-definition video camera, weighing in at just ten ounces — Despite its tiny size, it is a full-featured camcorder that can record 1920 x 1080 HD video …

Comcast to Twin Cities: Want WideBand? Gonna Cost You Big — Comcast, the largest cable company in the US announced today that it is going to start selling a 50 megabits per second (down) connection in Minnesota's Twin Cities region. The connection with 5 megabits/second upstream capability …

FriendFeed's Increased Filtering Clears Deck of Unwanted Junk — Before the end of 2007, after making FriendFeed an integral part of my daily Web experience, I publicly posted a number of requested updates that would help make the social Web activity aggregation service even more of a must-visit site than it already was for me.

Hands off our network, Bell tells CRTC — BY PETER NOWAK — Bell Canada Inc. is calling on the courts to scrap mandated access by competitors to its network, a move that could jeopardize some smaller companies that sell phone and internet services. — The Montreal-based company …

Zillow Disrupts Lending Market With Mortgage Marketplace — Zillow, the site where you can find pricing estimates and other info about houses around the United States, aims to disrupt the online lending market with the launch of its Mortgage Marketplace. — The marketplace is a free service that hooks lenders up with borrowers.

iPhone Dev Team — You are here: main » news » pwnage_announcement — The “DevTeam” would like to announce the release of the OS X version of the PwnageTool application. — The team (and especially Wizdaz) have been working hard to bring you this release in as short a time as possible.

The Threat of “Free” — Businesses sometimes are quick to dismiss the threat of “free” Internet-based companies. But these organizations may actually turn out to be competitors, as a new examination of Craigslist's revenue shows. — Popular online-classifieds Web company Craigslist …

AT&T Jumps on Board with Google's Android — AT&T was absent from the initial list of mobile service providers that said they'd sell phones with Android, Google's open source mobile operating system, but the operator is changing its tune after a recent meeting with the search giant.